---
name: "Howling Banshee"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Spirit"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "M11"
set_name: "Magic 2011"
collector_number: "100"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Andrew Robinson"
oracle_id: "6156bd59-d623-4612-8e86-b5228d5de750"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/howling-banshee-m11"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Howling Banshee
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Spirit
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
When this creature enters, each player loses 3 life.

> *Селяне облачили деревушку в волшебную тишину, но кровь все равно сочилась из их ушей.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Keening Banshee](/printing/keening-banshee-rav.md) — Creature — Spirit
2. [Soul Scourge](/printing/soul-scourge-tor.md) — Creature — Nightmare Horror
3. [Blood-Toll Harpy](/printing/blood-toll-harpy-cn2.md) — Creature — Harpy
4. [Vampiric Spirit](/printing/vampiric-spirit-8ed.md) — Creature — Spirit
5. [Necrogen Scudder](/printing/necrogen-scudder-som.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Horror
6. [Rabid Bloodsucker](/printing/rabid-bloodsucker-ori.md) — Creature — Vampire

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Magic 2011 (M11) #100
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Andrew Robinson
- **Total Printings:** 27 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`